60"FlyOverChina | Fire dragon dance glows with molten iron sparks in SW China's Chongqing -Xinhua
60"FlyOverChina | Fire dragon dance glows with molten iron sparks in SW China's Chongqing
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-02-01 18:56:31
CHONGQING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The dragon dance has a history of thousands of years in Tongliang District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. In May 2006, the Tongliang Dragon Dance was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Different from regular dragon dances, the fire dragon is the most heart-shaking part of the Tongliang Dragon Dance. Actors perform the dragon dance in a shower of molten iron to celebrate the Spring Festival and fend off ill fortune. The "fires" or "sparks" are molten iron at about 1,500 degrees Celsius.
Dragon dancers offer a fire dragon performance at a scenic spot in Tongliang District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)Tongliang dragon dancers rehearse for the 2025 Spring Festival Gala of Chongqing branch on the Qiansimen Bridge in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Jan. 7, 2025. (Photo by Wei Yuji/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 25, 2025 shows a fire dragon performance at a scenic spot in Tongliang District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)Dragon dancers offer a fire dragon performance at a scenic spot in Tongliang District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)Dragon dancers perform at a scenic spot in Tongliang District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)■
